Joseph bulova



J. BULOVA.

(No Model.)

EAR RING.

No. 465,830. Patented Dec. 29, 1891.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BULOVA, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

EAR-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,830, dated December 29, 1891. Application filed May 26, 1891. Serial No. 394,099. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BULOVA, of New York, county and State of New York, have invented an Improved Ear-Ring, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of ear-rings in which the ear-wire has a short, approximately horizontal, upper section,that is engaged by an arm extending upwardly from a lower section of the ear-wire.

The invention consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of my improved ear-ring, showing it closed; Fig. 2, an end view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side View of the ear-ring, showing it open; and Fig. 4., an end view-0t Fig. 3.

The letter a represents the ear-wire,carrying a suitable ornament b and provided with an upper arm a and a lower arm o The upper arm a. is approximately horizontal and is adapted to be passed through the ear-lobe, while the lower arm a is shorter than arm a and is inclined upwardly, as shown.

To the arm a there is secured a short tube 0. Through this tube there passes the shank of a hook d. This shank is bent in a peculiar manner-that is, it is first bent at an obtuse angle to form a section (1 and is then bent downward to form a stop (Z At the upper end the shank terminates in the head 01 that embraces arm a. The section 01' forms in effect the pintle of a hinge and the axis around which the hook swings. I The angle between the sections d d is such th at the shank (Z will when the ear-ring is closed, Fig. 1.

not occupy a vertical but an inclined position This will give ample room on top for the reception of the ear-lobe, while toward the bottom the parts contract to hold the ring firmly in place. Moreover, the shank d in closing will describe a peculiar curve that will have a tendency to gradually and gently press the ear-lobe in place from the bottom upward-that is to say, when the ear-ring is open, Fig. 3, the shank cl extends outward beyond the end of arm a, but as the shank is swung into its upright position it will also gradually swing inward to gently compress .the earlobe in the manner indicated. When the head (1 is closed upon the arm a behind the lobe, it forms a stop that prevents slipping of the ear-ring and that cannot become spontaneously disengaged. The lower stop d engages the arm a when the shank (Z has arrived at its lowermost position. Thus the stop prevents the shank from being .entirely revolved, which would be objectionable, as it would bring the closed side of the head (Z opposite to the arm a.

WVhat I claim is The combination, in an ear-ring, of an up per horizontal wire Cb, with a pivoted-upwardly and inwardly swinging hook having a shank bent at an obtuse angle and adapted to engage said wire, substantially as specified.

JOSEPH BULOVA. Witnesses.

A. J ONGHMANS, F. v. Bnrnsmv. 

